lovesickness
Yearning for another
Lovesickness is the state of pining or languishing because of romantic love—especially unrequited or frustrated love.
The condition manifests as distraction, loss of appetite, melancholy, and obsessive thoughts about the beloved: She couldn't eat or sleep; it was pure lovesickness.
The term is somewhat old-fashioned but captures a real emotional phenomenon.
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- desireIntense wanting
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- achePersistent dull discomfort
wistfulness · languishing · hunger · loneliness · wanting · hoping · waiting · daydreaming
Denial of acceptance
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- spurnedRejected with contempt
- unreciprocatedNot given back
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
hopeless · unanswered · ignored · friendzoned · pining · secret · admirer · confession
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
despair · agony · woe · suffering · heartbroken · brokenhearted · crestfallen · distraught
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
moonstruck · captivated · enchanted · spellbound · bewitched · lovestruck · consumed · preoccupied
Sadly longing for something
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- tristesseSadness, especially pensive
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- pensivenessReflective, slightly sad mood
mournfulness · gloom · despondency · blues · malaise · weltschmerz · heartsore · tender
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
ache · wistfulness · languishing · hunger · loneliness · wanting · hoping · waiting · daydreaming · fantasizing
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- spurnedRejected with contempt
- unreciprocatedNot given back
one-sided · hopeless · unanswered · ignored · friendzoned · pining · secret · admirer · confession · forbidden
heartache
Deep emotional distress
grief · despair · agony · woe · suffering · heartbroken · brokenhearted · crestfallen · distraught · devastated
obsession
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
besotted · moonstruck · captivated · enchanted · spellbound · bewitched · lovestruck · consumed · preoccupied · distracted
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- tristesseSadness, especially pensive
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
pensiveness · mournfulness · gloom · despondency · blues · malaise · weltschmerz · heartsore · tender · ennui
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- heartbreakheartache, broken heart, heartbreak, dumping, breakup
- longingyearning, pining, craving, hankering, wishing
- romantic loveinfatuation, crush, limerence, adoration, smitten
- heartacheheartache, heartbreak, pining, yearning, longing
- unhealthy attachmentclinginess, codependency, enmeshment, clingy, neediness
lovesicknessmarital bliss
Happiness within wedlock
contentment · indifference · apathy · secure attachment · emotional detachment
lovesicknessemotional well-being
Healthy state of feelings
peace of mind · equanimity · serenity · joy · bliss
lovesicknessemotional detachment
Withdrawal from feelings
apathy · dispassion · self-sufficiency · coldheartedness · aromanticism
love, sickness, sick, lovely, loving, lover, beloved, lovable, sickly